Mauritius - Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Mauritius was 61.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 73.00 in 2015 and a minimum value of 53.00 in 2005.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

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Year Value
2000 59.00
2001 54.00
2002 54.00
2003 57.00
2004 54.00
2005 53.00
2006 55.00
2007 56.00
2008 53.00
2009 59.00
2010 66.00
2011 54.00
2012 63.00
2013 60.00
2014 70.00
2015 73.00
2016 67.00
2017 61.00

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Mauritius was 77.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 110.00 in 1986 and a minimum value of 5.00 in 2002.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
1985 92.00
1986 110.00
1987 89.00
1988 41.00
1989 18.00
1990 67.00
1991 67.00
1992 40.00
1993 27.00
1994 68.00
1995 55.00
1996 28.00
1997 48.00
1998 19.00
1999 34.00
2000 15.00
2001 20.00
2002 5.00
2003 21.00
2004 16.00
2005 22.00
2006 17.00
2007 36.00
2008 37.00
2009 64.00
2010 33.00
2011 34.00
2012 64.00
2013 65.00
2014 52.00
2015 45.00
2016 46.00
2017 77.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health